By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
While there are a few walkthroughs to be done yet, the resurfacing
project on Broadway Avenue in Great Bend is essentially complete. The
reconstruction of the 19th Street and Harrison Street intersection still has work
to be done but should be complete before students come back to school.
The two projects were paired together for a Community Development Block Grant
program from the state that provides a 50% reimbursement.
The reconstructed intersection at 19th and Harrison will give Great
Bend Middle School students extra safety this fall. The project will shorten
the distance the children have to walk across the street. The street will be
narrowed with bump-out sidewalks near the crosswalk.
City Administrator Kendal Francis said Venture Corporation is planning to
reconfigure the sidewalks and street this week.
"I believe school starts August 18th," said Francis. "We'll need about a week or so of cure time. We should be finished before it's open for school."
The $1.1 million project started on June 20.
Francis said a separate project, to repair curbs and gutters along 10th Street, should begin mid-August. The $147,000 project will repair more than 2,000 linear feet of curb and gutters on 10th, from Kiowa Road to Harrison Street.